Hockey Thursday, the Varsity Boys’ Hockey Team participated in the York University Senior Boys Hockey Tournament and did not disappoint. The team took on a very quick and skilled St. Augustine’s from Markham in their first game. With some missed scoring chances and untimely penalties, Crestwood was always playing catch up, losing a close one […]
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The PA wishes all Crestwood families and staff a safe, happy and wonderful holiday. We look forward to a fantastic 2019 together. […]
Congratulations to Zoe Shen and Sally Li on winning this year’s Grade 12 Intra-grade debate Championship! The pair successfully argued that “it is reasonable in a democratic society for a police officer to require a driver to take a breathalyzer test”. It was a spirited debate with excellent arguments by both sides, but the government’s logical, fact […]
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A Message from the McGill Summer Academy Team Following the great success of our first two Summer Academies, we are happy to announce the dates for McGill Summer Academy 2019! From July 7-20 and July 21-August 3, students in grades 10 and 11 from across the world will have the opportunity to participate in classes, workshops, and social activities […]
The Crestwood Space Lions had a successful debut at the first Lego League last Saturday. Although CPC didn’t qualify to participate in the regionals, the students had a wonderful learning experience. Their problem solving skills and persistence were well displayed. They took many notes in improvement for next year’s competition and can’t wait to get started! […]
Congratulations to Arjun Anand for achieving the bronze level Duke of Edinburgh Award this past Wednesday at Town Hall! […]
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Basketball The U14 Boys’ Basketball team travelled to play at St Andrew’s College Wednesday. In their first game of the season, the boys did not disappoint. The Lions played great defence in the first quarter which helped them jump out to a 15-0 lead. The boys continued to play great defence throughout, which helped propel […]
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On Tuesday, the Grade 12 Data Management students tested out their unique probability games on the Crestwood student body. They had the opportunity to see first-hand how probabilities in theory are played out in real life. Thanks to everyone who attended! […]
January Parents’ Association Meeting Our next Parents’ Association meeting is January 10, 2019. Please join us for coffee and muffins and hear about all the activities we have planned for 2019. Coffee is available at 8:30 am and the meeting starts at 8:45 am in the boardroom. Everyone is welcome. […]
On Tuesday, December 11th, the Crestwood English Department hosted this year’s CITE (Conference of Independent Teachers of English) AGM and Social. CITE supports the teaching and learning of English at its member’s CIS Ontario schools and is dedicated to providing CIS English teachers with opportunities for networking and professional development. Last Tuesday’s event was an […]
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“Undeniable talent from the art students”, “creative and touching drama performances”, “catchy and beautiful music displayed by both the bands and the Crestwood Voices”, and “amazing poetry recitations” are all responses heard after the Crestwood Winter Festival of the Arts. This Thursday, December 11th, the Crestwood community hosted our Winter Festival of the Arts. Students […]
An article written by Beatrice Park. This year some grade 7 girls did a secret Santa. At the beginning of December, all the girls decided to do a secret Santa. They put all the people’s names that were interested to join the fun activity into a hat and once someone had their paper, they had […]
Volleyball This past Wednesday, the Senior Girls’ Volleyball team had their season opener at Pickering College. There was nervous energy throughout the game as the girls tried to apply what they have been practicing into a real game situation. Our talent level overcame some early season errors, as we won in pretty convincing fashion with […]
Over the past two weeks, Crestwood families have been generously donating toys, clothes, books, and other items to support 11 families from the Durham Children’s Aid Society. As in previous years, our Crestwood community stepped up to the task and we saw over 20 bags of goods sent off to make a special Christmas for 27 children. These items will […]
GLION SUMMER PROGRAM COMPETITION 2019 Students can win a one-week summer experience in Switzerland or the UK! Greetings from Glion Institute of Higher Education! What is your child going to do next summer? Would they maybe like to spend a week, or two, with like-minded young people from all over the world in Switzerland or […]
Beautiful Holiday Bake Sale The Parents’ Association hosted a very festive holiday bake sale this week. All the baking was beautifully decorated and our fantastic volunteers enjoyed some nice time together, while serving Crestwood students, parents and staff. Thank you to our customers and to all of the volunteers who make our bake sales […]
Results are in! Grade 7/8 Beaver Computing Contest by the University of Waterloo Out of 6,715 students in the entire world who competed, our very own Jean-Luc Audet (Grade 8) and Tal Shram (Grade 8) placed in the top 25% and received a certificate of distinction. Particularly, Jean-Luc was one of less than 100 students […]
On Monday, November 26th 2018, Alex Korda traveled to Ryerson University to take part in “A Discussion with Andrew Scheer and Kevin O’Leary”. In order to take part in this event, Alex had to submit an application that was reviewed by Ryerson and was selected based on his accomplishments, achievements and strong political views on […]
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Please join us at Crestwood’s Winter Festival of the Arts […]
Hockey The Senior Boys’ Hockey Team travelled to Greenwood College School on Wednesday to open the 2018-2019 season. In a game that was highly anticipated, both teams did not disappoint with their play. In a game that saw both teams have a number of scoring opportunities, Greenwood prevailed and was able to squeak out a […]
Dear Parents/Guardians, The TTC has been working closely with our school to provide complimentary PRESTO cards to all students. The purpose of this initiative is to help students make the transition away from TTC passes and tickets, to the PRESTO fare card as smooth as possible. While children up to 12 years old will continue […]
Holiday of Hope is a community initiative we take part in to help the less fortunate in the community during the holiday season. This year we are working with Durham Children’s Aid and supporting 11 families in need. The Durham Children’s Aid Society is responsible for providing child protection services to children under the age […]
November has been a very busy month for members of Crestwood’s Problem Solving Club. On November 8th, 10 students participated in the Canadian Open Mathematics Competition (the COMC). This math contest had students discover and explore mathematics and problem solving with some very challenging and unique problems Also, over the past two weeks, Crestwood’s Grade […]
The Holiday Bake Sale is this Wednesday! Please drop by for a sweet treat. Contributions of nut-free baked or purchased cupcakes, cookies, donuts or squares are always appreciated. If you’d like to contribute, please contact Lisa at lisa.bloom@rogers.com. […]
Basketball This past weekend our Lady Lions traveled to Ottawa to take our division rivals, Capital Courts Academy. CCA came out very energetic and aggressive, which put CPC in a hole. But with the spectacular frontcourt play of Aaliyah Edwards, Latasha Lattimore, and Kayla Drummond, we were able to forge a massive comeback which was enough […]
CPC alumni, Emmanuel Zambazis was drafted in Round 2 Pick: 11 for the YORK9FC in the newly created CPL. Congratulations Emmanuel! […]
On Tuesday November 20th, 13 Senior Art students, along with Ms. Belanger, travelled to the Science Center to participate in the Creative Futures Expo sponsored by the Applied Arts Magazine. The Expo provided students with an opportunity to meet young creative professionals, and learn what opportunities exist for those interested in pursuing creative careers. Universities […]
This week has been anti-bullying week at Crestwood Preparatory College and the female peer leadership group put on several activities to bring awareness to this topic. Daily announcements, bulletin boards, townhall videos and social media posts have spread messages of kindness and about the importance of standing up against bullying. Our Grade 7-9 students participated […]
Jahcobi Neath On Thursday, Crestwood was honoured to be a part of Jahcobi Neath’s University signing. Jahcobi joined us at Crestwood in 2016 and has spent the last 3 years captaining our Senior Boys’ Prep team, as well as working hard on his studies. Jahcobi is an All-Canadian and was a silver medalist last summer […]
University Visits Wednesday, November 21st – Ryerson University ~ Faculty of Engineering […]